Agnitum Directions: a new name and a new style

Starting with the July edition, our monthly newsletter has a new name - Agnitum Directions™. The reason behind the name change is to bring together the following concepts:

Information about the directions Agnitum sees in the world of information security, as well as our views on the current situation;

We talk about how the market directions affect Agnitum's direction in product development;

This information is delivered directly to you, the reader.

Agnitum Directions is also changing its appearance with a new design which we think will be easier to read and more representative of Agnitum's brand and values. Please let us know what you think - send us an email at pr@agnitum.com

Product update: Release date update for Outpost Firewall Pro 4.0

Dear Outpost fans worldwide: we know that you're all waiting eagerly for the release of Outpost 4.0. And you know that here at Agnitum, we are determined to deliver the highest quality product to our customers. So please forgive us as we ask you to wait a little longer.

Here is the latest information on the development process and anticipated release date:

Development is now in its final stages. The second beta version has been released, with self-protection fully enabled.

We confidently expect the release date to be around the middle of August 2006.

The firewall security experts at Agnitum have conducted an in-depth analysis of Microsoft's new OneCare Firewall, part of Microsoft's "Live" security initiative. The results are so far below industry standards that we felt obliged to share the results of our analysis with you.

Highlights of the report, which has been published by a number of online and print magazines, include:

The OneCare firewall failed all but the simplest leak tests and does not offer even the most basic intrusion detection capability, leaving users' PCs wide open to being hijacked into a botnet

The OneCare firewall database of pre-approved applications is very small, and adding each new application requires several user interactions and a reboot

Application access rules are limited to 'allowed' and 'not allowed'-users cannot configure different rules for different types or times of usage, such as allowing IE to connect with some but not all websites

Sports, especially soccer and J?rgen Klinsmann (trainer of German football team),

Holydays in Spain,

Good restaurants.

I don't like:

Racism and anti-Semitism,

Bad weather,

To go to work on Sunday.

Thank you Doris!

The 2006 World Cup results showed that the team with the most shutout games also became the overall champion of the tournament. Once again, it is proven that you need a star goalkeeper and tough defenders to win the world's greatest football championship.

But to be a winner in Internet security, defending against hackers, spyware, keyloggers, Trojans and other malicious programs, all you need is Outpost Firewall Pro!